Does weight come back when you stop taking drugs like Ozempic? Are these medications simply another (expensive) form of yo-yo dieting? Here’s what we know so far.
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We don’t tell people taking statins to treat high cholesterol or drugs to manage high blood pressure they’re cheating or taking the easy way out. Nor should we when people take drugs like Ozempic.
Many diseases can alter the quality and appearance of your hair.
The study found women were at the greatest risk of suicide during the secretory and proliferative phases of their menstrual cycle.
Skin is the largest and most visible organ in the human body – and can provide many clues about what’s going on underneath it.
Changes around puberty and pregnancy can affect the function of genes influencing hair shape. And chemotherapy can cause hair to regrow in a different shape for the first few cycles of hair regrowth.
Most teens aren’t getting enough sleep, leading to poorer academic performance. Early school start times combined with natural changes in hormones and the circadian rhythm could be to blame.
New research has uncovered the hormone that triggers morning sickness, offering hope for millions of women.
When we change our diet, we disrupt our appetite hormones. Here’s how it works – and how small changes to our diet can help us feel fuller for longer.
Climate change is causing higher levels of stress in fish, and the resulting hormonal imbalances are fundamentally altering entire populations.
Testosterone in men declines at a rate of around 1% a year from age 30. That doesn’t mean that men go through the ‘manopause’.
Understanding our menstrual cycle and taking a proactive approach to our periods is vital to improving sports performance.
Tracking the many physical and emotional symptoms of menopause with a website, app or diary can help women better monitor their health.
Women are more likely to develop chronic diseases driven by the immune system.
For many years women were blamed for a couple’s infertility. But it’s now known that male factor infertility contributes to about 50% of total cases.
The most popular supplements for hot flushes are phytoestrogens (or plant estrogens). This trend has been partly driven by companies that promote them as a safer alternative to hormone therapy.
Some of what is being blamed on cortisol are symptoms of chronic stress or depression – which makes sense, since they’re linked.
A computer modelling study suggests that oestrogen levels could get lowered by as much as 92%.
At-home tests can only provide a partial picture of your fertility.
At the most basic level, the brain releases a cocktail of chemicals. But there’s more to it than that.
Principales colaboradores
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Associate professor of Medical Sciences, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor and Clinical Neuropsychologist, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Contraception, Reproductive and Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Women’s Health Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, & Director of Research, Royal Women's Hospital, The University of Melbourne
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Associate professor in Mental Health and Behavioural Science, University of Wollongong
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Gynaecology Unit Head the Royal Women’s Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Director, Hudson Institute
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Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
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Professor and Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre, Lancaster University
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Head of School of Women’s and Children’s Health and Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, UNSW Sydney
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Clinical Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor in Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Dermatology, The University of Melbourne
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Chair of Women's Health, Monash University
